These videos were created as a part of my student's action plans for their English 11 Canadian Novels Inquiry Projects
1. Students self-selected into groups based on their interest in a Canadian novel.
2. Students were required to reflect on their reading and comment on their peers' blogs on their Personal Creative Writing Blogs throughout the unit
3. Groups created Twitter accounts to tweet their learning and share their inquiry questions and action plans
4. Groups presented 2 Pecha Kuchas: 1st Pecha Kucha explored their process of inquiry (formative feedback was provided by the class to help focus the group and improve for their final presentation); 2nd Pecha Kucha was a final presentation reflecting on their final Inquiry Question and Action plan
5. Students wrote a series of 4 short compositions in class about their learning during the unit (final exam)
6. Groups were required to take action. This is the result:
Three Day Road En11B: Vincent, Philip, Leri, Marko, Sally, Paul Group Blog Group Twitter
Inquiry Question: How can we raise awareness of the dangers of drugs?
Novel connection: inquiry question arose from discussion of the affects of morphine on soldiers during WWII
Action:
Anti Drug-addiction Video
The English Patient Group: En11A & B Group twitter
Group blog
Inquiry question: Can people really be truly altruistic?
Novel Connection: Hana, the nurse stays behind to care for the English Patient amidst the action of war. Was she being altruistic?
Inquiry Action: Collected & donated books for an elementary school in the East Side (Seymour)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel) En11A: Eunsol, Elaine, Tano, SeungHo, Jeet
Group's twitter account
Groups blog
Inquiry Question:
Novel connection: Inquiry question arose from discussion
Inquiry Action:
For Anti-Bullying Day on February 27, 2013.
1. Students self-selected into groups based on their interest in a Canadian novel.
2. Students were required to reflect on their reading and comment on their peers' blogs on their Personal Creative Writing Blogs throughout the unit
3. Groups created Twitter accounts to tweet their learning and share their inquiry questions and action plans
4. Groups presented 2 Pecha Kuchas: 1st Pecha Kucha explored their process of inquiry (formative feedback was provided by the class to help focus the group and improve for their final presentation); 2nd Pecha Kucha was a final presentation reflecting on their final Inquiry Question and Action plan
5. Students wrote a series of 4 short compositions in class about their learning during the unit (final exam)
6. Groups were required to take action. This is the result:
Three Day Road En11B: Vincent, Philip, Leri, Marko, Sally, Paul
Group Blog
Group Twitter
Inquiry Question: How can we raise awareness of the dangers of drugs?
Novel connection: inquiry question arose from discussion of the affects of morphine on soldiers during WWII
Action:
Anti Drug-addiction Video
The English Patient Group: En11A & B
Group twitter
Group blog
Inquiry question: Can people really be truly altruistic?
Novel Connection: Hana, the nurse stays behind to care for the English Patient amidst the action of war. Was she being altruistic?
Inquiry Action: Collected & donated books for an elementary school in the East Side (Seymour)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel) En11A: Eunsol, Elaine, Tano, SeungHo, Jeet
Group's twitter account
Groups blog
Inquiry Question:
Novel connection: Inquiry question arose from discussion
Inquiry Action:
For Anti-Bullying Day on February 27, 2013.